Input Patterns 2024 Aug 10

# Webinar Input Patterns 2024 Aug 10

# input() ALWAYS returns a string

# Some common patterns...
# 1 Recast a numeric string into an int or float
# 2 Breaking up a long string into a list of smaller strings
# 3 Break up a string containing numeric chars into a list of
#       recast ints or floats
# 4 One value tells you how many times to call input()
# 5 We DON'T KNOW how many times to call input(), but we know
#       a sentinel value to stop

# 1 Recast a numeric string into an int or float
# myInput = int(input())
# print(type(myInput).__name__) # input().strip()

# 2 Breaking up a long string into a list of smaller strings
# "Pat Silly Doe" or "Julia Clark"
# myInput = input().split()
# # strList = myInput.split()
# print(myInput)

# 3 Break up a string containing numeric chars into a list of
#       recast ints or floats
# 22 88 32 68
# myInput = input().split()
# print(myInput)
#
# numList = []
# for num in myInput:
#     numList.append(int(num))
# print(numList)


# 4 One value tells you HOW MANY TIMES to call input()
# Any "known number of times" means a for loop
# 5
# 30.0
# 50.0
# 10.0
# 100.0
# 65.0

# call input() to get the number of times
# numTimes = int(input())
#
# floatList = []
# # loop over that range() to get the next inputs
# for n in range(numTimes): # range(0, numTimes, 1)
#     nextInput = float(input())
#     floatList.append(nextInput)
#     # floatList.append(float(input())
#
# print(floatList)

# 5 We DON'T KNOW how many times to call input(), but we know to stop on some SENTINEL VALUE
# this is a WHILE loop condition

# get the first input()
myInput = input()

# set up a while loop using that var in its condition
# while myInput != "quit":
# while myInput != "-1":
#     # do your stuff with that piece of data
#
#     myInput = input()


# Use a list for multiple sentinel values
# Stop on quit, or done, or d

myInput = input()
# put multiples in a list
quitCommands = ["quit", "done", "d"]

while not myInput in quitCommands:
    # do stuff
    myInput = input()